华盛顿，10月9日——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普尚未就五角大楼一项史无前例的计划公开发表意见。该计划旨在对2009年在胡德堡军事基地杀害13人的枪手执行军事处决并进行直播。
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 - US President Donald Trump has not publicly commented on the Pentagon's unprecedented plan to livestream the military execution of the gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009.
周五在白宫的一场活动中，特朗普表示前陆军精神科医生尼达尔·哈桑将会被行刑队处决。但对于国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯周四公布的这一计划，他并未作出任何评论。
Speaking at a White House event on Friday, Trump said former Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan would be executed by firing squad. But he made no comment on the plan announced by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday.
已批准该处决计划的特朗普周三在德克萨斯州的一场集会上称：“我们将为这个邪恶的杀人犯讨回公道。”白宫方面则要求所有相关提问均向五角大楼提出。
Trump, who has approved the execution, told a rally in Texas on Wednesday that "we are going to deliver final justice to an evil killer." The White House has directed all questions to the Pentagon.
部分共和党议员及保守派策略师对这一决定提出了批评。北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯在社交媒体上称这一想法“令人作呕至极”。
Some Republican lawmakers and conservative strategists have criticized the decision. Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina called the idea "beyond disgusting" in a social media post.
这位经常批评特朗普且此次不再寻求连任的参议员指出：“公开处决是伊朗、阿富汗这类专制独裁政权才会做的事，美国绝不应如此。”
"Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do," said the senator, a frequent Trump critic who is not running for reelection. "It should not be happening in America."
此次处决若顺利实施，哈桑将成为自1945年以来首位被美军行刑队处决的人员。处决定于12月3日在德克萨斯州的同一军事基地进行，当年哈桑正是在该基地的一处医疗设施内持枪行凶。
Hasan is set to become the first person to be executed by US military firing squad since 1945. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at the same sprawling Texas base where Hasan opened fire with a handgun in a medical facility.